Re: please test: Secure ports tree updating

From: Dag-Erling Smørgrav (des_at_des.no)
Date: 10/27/04

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    To: Colin Percival <colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 13:11:16 +0200

    Colin Percival <colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk> writes:
    > CVSup is slow, insecure, and a memory hog.

    if cvsup is slow, you're not using it right.

    I'm sure portsnap is a wonderful piece of software, but there's no
    need to spread FUD about cvsup to promote it.

    DES 

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Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des@des.no
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